Frankenboogie Mk. II

[Atlantasurfer]

I just got home from the beach, and I have to say that my new Frankenboogie and I are now very deeply in love.

I ran it as a 1+2, with a 4.7" center fin and two 2" sidebites.
It duck dives easily and has what seems to have about as much flotation as my 50" foam and fiberglass paipo. It doesn't catch waves as readily as my 5'10" plywood alaia style board (or the original Frankenboogie), but after a little practice I was able to get into the little ones with no problem. The only problem I had were the waves themselves. I had three days of one foot crap followed by a day of choppy/ crumbly/ onshore conditions in the chest high range. Still, I had fun. I'm taking this beast with me next time I head for the tropics and some good waves.

[Poobah]

That's pretty cool! How well did it surf? Did it making taking off easier?

Oops, I never answered those questions. It took off and rode just fine. It was actually a wooden wakeboard, so it had a continuous rocker. That and the round tail made it easy to steer through the crowds. My main goals were chest padding and flotation for sitting between waves.
It did both, and still allowed me a thin paipo rail.

[rodndtube]

Okay, let's see it fully finned-up from a couple of different angles

I just got home from the beach, and I have to say that my new Frankenboogie and I are now very deeply in love.

I ran it as a 1+2, with a 4.7" center fin and two 2" sidebites.
It duck dives easily and has what seems to have about as much flotation as my 50" foam and fiberglass paipo. It doesn't catch waves as readily as my 5'10" plywood alaia style board (or the original Frankenboogie), but after a little practice I was able to get into the little ones with no problem. The only problem I had were the waves themselves. I had three days of one foot crap followed by a day of choppy/ crumbly/ onshore conditions in the chest high range. Still, I had fun. I'm taking this beast with me next time I head for the tropics and some good waves.

[Atlantasurfer]

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Here is the F-Boogie finned up and waiting for a trip to the ocean. As you can see, a pretty slight toe-in.